The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-08-31
THE WESTERN STATES.

TnE South Carolina rice crop has been al
most ruined 10y floods The losses of the
planters are enormous, and the colored plan
tation hands are threatened with starvation
during the winter unless relieved by public
charity.
A TELEGRAM from San Antonio, Texas, re-
ports the death of Jesus Yaldowado, "a wealthy
ranchman Of Vera Cruz" at the age Of l54,
and the appearance at his funeral, in the ca
pacity of pall-bearers, of three sons, the
youngest 100 years old All mail for Mr..
Joseph Mulhatton should be sent TO San An
tonic until further notice
The Governors of Kansas, Colorado, Ohio,
Wisconsin, and Minnesota have revoked their
quarantine proclamations against Illinois cat
tie except as they apply to Cook County. The
Iowa and Wyoming proclamations have also
been modified
AN attempt was male at South Bend, Ind,
TO remove from the streets the poles and wires
Of the Central Union Telephone Company.
After the connection with the Exchange had
been severed an injunction restraining the
prosecution of the work was served on the
authorities. The company attempted to re-
place the dismantled poles but the citizens
took the matter in hand and chopped them
down as fast as they were erected
FARRAGUT Posi-, G. A r., says an Evans
VILE Qnd.) dispatch, is making great prepa-
rations for the reunion of the blue and the
gray in that city from Sept % to %, inclus-
i've. A number Of prominent Generals of
both sides have accepted invitations Among
those whose engagements prevent them from
coming is ex-senator Roscoe Conkling, of New
York, from whom the post has received th1
following letter:
NEW YORK, Aug 22-GENTLEMEN: 1t ia IN
honor highly valued TO be invited as one OF the
guests Of Farragut Post Of the q. A. r., at the
approaching reunion Of surviving soldiers who
fought on one side and on the other in the late
war. i beg you to receive my thanks and TO
believe my regret sincere at being unable to
take part in observances OF so much interest
and significance. My earnest sympathy and
hope go TO and go with every movement and
idea having for its real purpose 10 weld to-
gether all sections and all classes, and
TO make our country throughout all its
borders united, prosperous, AMI great. Could
wish or act Of mine decide every community
and neighborhood in all the land should be
crowned with the fullness of peace and progress
as much at the South as at the East, the West,
or the North. The brave men who faced each
other in battle can be the best teachers and the
most genuine actors OF this creed Glad that
the reunion il to occur and never forgetful Of
nOhplthllty ana KINDNESS received IN the past
from the soldiers and the people of Indiana,
trust the occasion will DO event of enjoy
ment pride, and success. Cordially your obc-
dent servant Roscoe CoNKLINo.
AN unusual scene occurred at the burial Of
Samuel Sparks at Crown Hill Cemetery, says
an Indianapolis telegram Sparks committed
suicide by taking morphine, but a desire to
keep the fact out Of the papers led his family
TO keep his death a secret The undertaken
called at the health Office for permit to bury
the remains Whom the death certifi-
.ate was handed TO the officer in
charge he refused TO issue the permit,
saying that the case should be called to the
attention OF the Coroner. Tbs latter was